淹灭

淹滅
yānmiè
  1. to submerge
  2. to flood
  3. to bury

CEDICT

消失、磨灭。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 淹 yān
  1. to flood
  2. to submerge
  3. to drown
  4. to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. to delay
2 灭 miè
  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown

Related entries

沉 chén
  1. to submerge
  2. to immerse
  3. to sink
  4. to keep down
  5. to lower
  6. to drop
  7. deep
  8. profound
  9. heavy
它沉了。

It sank.

Source: Tatoeba

淹没 yānmò
  1. to submerge
  2. to drown
  3. to flood
  4. to drown out (also fig.)
海嘯席捲稻田, 淹沒了城鎮。

Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

Source: Tatoeba

淹盖 yāngài
  1. to submerge
  2. to flood
  3. to drown out
潜入 qiánrù
  1. to submerge
  2. to infiltrate
  3. to steal into
我潛入了河裡。

I dived into the river.

Source: Tatoeba

潜没 qiánmò
  1. to submerge
  2. to subduct (of tectonic plates)
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